Nawaz sees CoD as panacea for all ills
PML-N against drone attacks
London—PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif Friday said that the
PPP leadership’s manners at present reveal that they are considering
Charter of Democracy (CoD) just a piece of paper.
Addressing PML-N workers in London, he said that if the government
had implemented Charter of Democracy in its letter and sprit, many a
challenge to the country would have been removed.
He said that the killer of late Nawab Akbar Khan Bughti was free, if
the government had implemented CoD the killer would have been
brought to justice.
He said that his party will not extend its support for the
government on the issue of providing protection cover to the bad
deeds of General® Pervez Musharraf, adding his party was supporting
the government unconditionally almost on all the important issues of
national interest.
Nawaz maintained that accountability in true sense was need of the
hour for the nation and all the organs of the state must realize
that until there would be no accountability the country could not be
able to move on the right direction.
He observed that in accordance with the constitution the prime
minister should have more powers but at the moment the government
was not serious in empowering the premier with its constitutional
powers.
He said that the question of creating new province in Punjab was a
constitutional matter and it requires constitutional amendment,
adding Sindhis, Punjabis, Pathans, Balochis, and Kashmiri all are
Pakistanis and love their homeland.
He added that his party was against the USA’s drone strikes but the
person who had allowed the US government to carry out drone attacks
inside the Pakistani territory was also living in London.
Replying to a question regarding talks with the Indian government he
said his party was always in the favor of Pak-India talks and it was
his party which had initiated talks on solid basis with India.
He said that dialogue with the Indian government should be
result-oriented and it must not be used as a blame game and passing
of time.
Nawaz added that no Pakistani organization was involved in the
Mumbai attacks and India should realize the situation.
To a question, he said that India had respected its constitution in
every matter so it’s why democracy is flourishing there day by day
and had not provided any vacuum to dictators.
He said no one should be allowed to challenge the writ of the
government, adding that the terrorists are following the footprints
of the dictators by raising guns against the government and
challenging its writ.
Nawaz said that there should be no pressure on the judiciary in any
way and it must function independently and freely as the people of
Pakistan had rendered countless sacrifices for this very cause.
He said that the former dictator Pervez Musharraf deceived the
nation on Kargil and it was Pervaiz who requested the premier in
1999 to approach to the then US President Clinton to seek his
support on ceasefire in Kargil. He said that today all the
intelligence agencies was under the control of the government.
Answering to another question, he said that how Rehman Malik can
have the knowledge of presence of any terrorist in any specific
area.—NNI
